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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
3
The Epworth League celebration includes a Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church banquet at 1 o clock this evening followed by a business meeting and social hour. Multiple local and visiting figures attend events and visits at Winchester hotels.
Mr. and Mrs. W B Grove and son Donald of Martinsburg W Va visited the Mouldens in Wadeesville last Sunday. Mrs J Hunter Williams and daughter Mies Williams of this city were guests of Dr and Mrs T A Williams in Middletown. Mr Thomas B Byrd spent the weekend with friends in Baltimore and Washington. Mr Robert Castleman Jr and Mr Will Wright of Martinsburg were guests of Mr and Mrs G W B Castleman near Wadeesville last Sunday. Mrs Benehan Cameron and daughter Belle Cameron of Raleigh spend time at Powhatan near Boyce with Mrs Thomas Nelson Carter in Richmond. Miss Robyn M Miller and Elizabeth Miller of West Grace Street Richmond returned after weekend visits to Middletown with Dr and Mrs Thomas A Williams.
Elizabethtown Tennessee May 10 The five room house of MacElliott a former mechanic at the Benberg Ray on Company plant was wrecked by an explosion authorities believe came from nitro glycerine A dynamite incident was reported about three weeks earlier but did not explode At the time about 5500 people were idled by a strike at the Benberg Plant Elliott had not returned to work and other Elliott family members were at home
The trust of 6 000 000 for the University of Virginia was revealed to be from Philip F Dupont of Pennsylvania born Greenville Delaware and a UVA student 1897 1900. One half of income funds scholarships for needy and gifted students while the other half remains at UVA authority discretion. Dupont died in Pennsylvania last May at age 49.
In Syracuse on May 10 James Carlisle aged 39 a Solvay Process Co employee died in hospital from chlorine gas released by a 9000 gallon tank explosion. Charles Ney 39 was seriously ill and about 80 workers were mildly affected. The blast coincided with the dirigible Los Angeles passing over the district sparking fears of aerial attack.
Baltimore May 10 The grand jury finished investigations into the state road commission and found no criminal intent by state officials. It noted funds were misused by an employee already convicted and criticized extravagance in road opening celebrations and contract spending.
Lieut John Streett was found with a bullet wound at the Marine Corps base in San Diego and officials suspect he died by his own hand. Streett, a Baltimore native born 1900, lived in Baltimore and Harford County and was married to Lucille Price of Atlanta. He previously served in the Coast Guard and was a St Johns College Annapolis graduate.
A sharp revival of bullish sentiment hit Wall Street after favorable overnight credit developments and call money rates dropping to 6 percent for the first time this month. Buying orders surged, lifting many issues 2 to 10 points and sending others to new yearly highs. Pool activities resumed, markets advanced rapidly, and totals reached about 3.9 million shares traded.
Sherman, Texas May 10 The C C Pyles runners completed a 74 mile leg to Dallas as Pete Gauzzi still leads in elapsed time by 2 hours 29 minutes over Johnny Salo of Passaic N J Salo finished sixth in the leg with Paul Simpson of Burlington NC fourth entering Sherman.
The naval dirigible Los Angeles on a training flight over Erie Pennsylvania reported radio generator failure. A telegram dropped at Harbor Creek east of here noted the craft would anchor at sunset, headed south. The event was reported alongside a brief note about Senator Brookhart of Iowa appearing in the upper house with a black eye from fishing.
Two bombs were hurled today in Cook county causing substantial damage. Three men were arrested in connection with one blast that partly wrecked the Avenue Inn in Miles, a west suburb. The other blast damaged the dairy plant of Joseph Wagner in Cicero.
Earl H. Hetzell aged 33, a Antietam furnace farmer near Hagerstown, shot himself in the abdomen with a shotgun late last night. Coroner Duffy ruled it a suicide. he was the fourth in his family to die violently, with two brothers killed in an accident and another said to have died by his own hand.
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